Tag: On-Board Computers (OBC)
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Frontgrade Gaisler Launches Optimized Screening for GR740 Microprocessor for Space Applications
Frontgrade Gaisler, a provider company of radiation-hardened microprocessors for space applications, has introduced an additional screening option for its GR740 quad-core microprocessor. This new optimized screening option offers an ideal balance for New Space and large-scale satellite constellation missions, where both cost and radiation assurance are critical factors. The GR740’s expanded screening options meet market…
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Redwire Supports ESA’s First Planetary Defense Mission with Advanced Onboard Computer System
Redwire Corporation, a company in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it is providing a critical onboard computer system for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, Europe’s inaugural flagship planetary defense mission. Hera is the European-led companion mission to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which successfully impacted the binary…
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Aitech Provides Crucial Flight Computers and Peripherals to Sidus Space for LizzieSat Mission
Aitech Systems, one of the leading providers of rugged boards and system-level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has successfully provided a complete system of command and data handling (C&DH) flight computers and peripherals to Sidus Space for the LizzieSat satellite, that has successfully launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission on March 4th. This…
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Aitech’s Space Systems Integral to the Success of Intuitive Machines’ Moon Landing Mission
Aitech, one of the leading providers of rugged boards and system-level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, provided a complete avionics computer system to Intuitive Machines for the IM-1 Mission, that successfully landed on the Moon on February 22, 2024. The space-rated system developed by Aitech includes its SP0-S space-rated single board computer, S740…
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Sidus Space Delivers Crucial Onboard Computing Flight Hardware to European Partner
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced the successful completion of its contract to deliver critical flight hardware to a prominent European space company. The delivered hardware includes the FeatherEdge edge computing units, which will serve as the onboard computer for the customer’s spacecraft. The FeatherEdge flight units provided by Sidus Space…
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Top Satellite On-Board Computers in 2023
On-board Computers represent the core processing units orchestrating intricate operations within satellites. These computers are pivotal in executing commands, processing data, and managing onboard systems, enabling a myriad of satellite functionalities such as communication, navigation, and scientific data collection. As the demand for advanced satellite missions and precise operational capabilities intensifies across governmental and commercial…
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Redwire’s Onboard Computer Powers ESA’s Hera Mission Studying DART’s Planetary Defense Impact
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the world’s first planetary defense test mission, launched two years ago on November 24, 2021. With Redwire’s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) and digital sun sensors onboard, DART made history when it successfully impacted the moonlet of binary asteroid Didymos in September of 2022 to adjust its speed and…
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EnduroSat to Showcase Next-Gen FlatSat at the Small Satellite Conference
EnduroSat, a space company that designs, builds, and operates class-leading NanoSats for a range of commercial, exploration, and science missions is launching the next-generation FlatSat to scale critical missions testing and space operations safety. The DeskSat was developed by EnduroSat’s team after extensive work on multiple missions with academic and commercial space customers. As with…
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Beyond Gravity to Provide On Board Computer for Quantum Space’s Ranger Multi-Purpose Vehicle
Beyond Gravity, one of the leading suppliers to the space industry announced that it will provide its constellation On Board Computer (cOBC) to Quantum Space’s inaugural flight of its Ranger multi-purpose vehicle, which will take payloads to geostationary and cislunar orbits. The cOBC provides a host of functions including on-board processing, Global Navigation Satellite System…
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Beyond Gravity’s Cutting-Edge On Board Computer Controls the Euclid Space Telescope
Beyond Gravity, one of the leading suppliers to the space industry provided key products for Europe’s Euclid space telescope. The space observatory is controlled by a computer and protected by thermal insulation from Beyond Gravity. The Euclid telescope which launched on July 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA is a…